Easy to Vote—Hard to Cheat
The foundation of the American system of self-governance is liberty, and the core expression of the people’s liberty is the ability to vote in free and fair elections. Safeguarding the integrity of our elections is paramount to preserving our republic. The Center for Election Integrity will work with relevant stakeholders across the country and within states to help ensure there are strong laws in place at the local level—making it easy to vote, but hard to cheat.
The Center for Election Integrity (CEI) has a simple goal: “Easy to Vote, but Hard to Cheat.”
With that pursuit in mind, CEI developed this educational, interactive, color-coded map that compares an individual state's current election integrity laws to other states. There are three main policy areas widely acknowledged to better protect voters: photo ID requirements, strong laws against ballot harvesting, and ballots returned to election officials by Election Day. CEI weighted these three key voter protections more heavily as a guide for the comparative categories of red, yellow, and green. (Click here to learn more about CEI’s specific methodology) This map will serve to better educate Americans on the local voter protection measures needed to restore faith, trust, and confidence in our elections.

The U.S. Constitution gives State Legislatures the right and responsibility to decide how their states will conduct elections. CEI will work to educate legislators, business leaders, grassroots organizations, and other relevant stakeholders as to the importance and impact of strong election integrity measures.
Team
The Honorable J. Kenneth Blackwell
Chair, Center for Election Integrity
Hogan Gidley
Vice Chair, Center for Election Integrity & Senior Advisor for Communications
Mike Vallante
Director, Center for Election Integrity
Anna Pingel
Elections Campaign Manager, Center for Election Integrity
Jason Allen
Michigan Policy Advisor, Center for Election Integrity
Jordan Kittleson
Senior Advisor, Center for Election Integrity
Latest
AFPI’s Center for Election Integrity Congratulates Wisconsin on Passing a Constitutional Amendment Requiring Photo ID to Vote
Today, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) released the following statement from Ken Blackwell, Chair of the Center for Election Integrity (CEI) regarding Wisconsin’s overwhelming passage of a constitutional amendment requiring photo ID to vote.
Inside the White House’s New Executive Order
On March 26, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order that accomplished critical election integrity measures. CEI has been at the forefront of educating Americans about these issues for years, and President Trump is bringing bold reform to election security and protecting American voters.
SAVE Our Republic: Why the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act Is Absolutely Necessary
America First starts with a simple common-sense principle: only American citizens can vote in American elections.
Ken Blackwell and Hogan Gidley on Ohio Senate Bill 63, a Prohibition on Ranked Choice Voting
Ken Blackwell on GA Senate’s Passage of SB 175 Prohibiting Ranked Choice Voting
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